Hawthorne effect

Etymology
after a 1924–1932 study conducted by at the, a large factory complex in Cicero, Illinois (formerly Hawthorne).

Noun

 * 1) A phenomenon whereby a change in the behavior of a subject being studied is an effect of the change itself or the fact of being observed rather than the nature of the change in question.

Translations

 * Finnish: Hawthorne-ilmiö
 * French: effet Hawthorne
 * German: Beobachtereffekt, Hawthorne-Effekt
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